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Hundreds of Methane Plumes Spotted on Sea Floor

2014-08-25 07:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Nature: Plumes of bubbles streaming from hundreds of newly discovered sea-floor seeps between North Carolina and Massachusetts are likely to contain methane and could be adding as much as 90 tonnes of the planet-warming gas to the atmosphere or overlying waters each year, research published Sunday in Nature Geoscience suggests. An estimated two-thirds of the emissions emanate from sediments at depths where methane-rich ices may be decomposing due to warming waters along the ocean bottom, the researchers...

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Hundreds of Methane Plumes Erupting Along East Coast

2014-08-24 12:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

LiveScience: In an unexpected discovery, hundreds of gas plumes bubbling up from the seafloor were spotted during a sweeping survey of the U.S. Atlantic Coast. Even though ocean explorers have yet to test the gas, the bubbles are almost certainly methane, researchers report today (Aug. 24) in the journal Nature Geoscience. "We don't know of any explanation that fits as well as methane," said lead study author Adam Skarke, a geologist at Mississippi State University in Mississippi State. Surprising seeps...

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Hundreds Weigh in on Fracking Rules in NC's Drilling Epicenter

2014-08-23 09:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Time Warner: Hundreds of concerned home and business owners turned out Friday night for the second of four public hearings in Sanford on rules to govern the North Carolina fracking industry. Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, is the practice of injecting water, sand and chemicals far below the ground to extract natural gas. Since fracking would occur in the Sanford region, many local home and landowners came to express their thoughts and concerns. Shortly after the public hearing got underway, about a dozen...

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Hundreds meet to discuss proposed fracking rules

2014-08-22 22:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

WRAL: Officials from the North Carolina Mining and Energy Commission were hearing from the public Friday night on proposed rules for the oil and gas drilling method known as fracking. The second of four public meetings on the issue began at 5 p.m. at the Dennis Wicker Center in Sanford, where 86 people shared their thoughts on both sides of the issue. Critics of fracking raised concerns about the rules. "The rules are not written with people's interest in mind and the government in North Carolina...

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